Pediatric obesity

The standard for childhood obesity generally means that the weight is more than 2 standard deviations of the average weight of healthy children of the same sex, same age or healthy height; or more than 20% of the average weight of the same age and same sex. More common clinically obesity caused by excessive diet, called simple obesity. In recent years, the incidence of simple obesity has increased in our country. Childhood obesity can be the precursor of adult obesity, hypertension, coronary heart disease and diabetes. Therefore, it is a chronic metabolic disease. It should be taken seriously and prevented early.

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